#78b0ef

Color #78b0ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 15.92 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#78b0ef

RGB

rgb(120, 176, 239)

HSL

hsl(211.8, 78.8%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.8, 49.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.8%, 26.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(70.37, -1.22, -37.08)

LCH

lch(70.37, 37.1, 268.12)

OKLCH

oklch(74.4%, 0.109, 252.16)

HWB

hwb(211.8, 47.1%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efb778

Analogous

#78ebef

#78b0ef

#7c78ef

Triadic

#78b0ef

#ef78b0

#b0ef78

Split-complementary

#78b0ef

#ef7c78

#ebef78

Tetradic

#78b0ef

#b778ef

#efb778

#b0ef78

Square

#78b0ef

#ef78eb

#efb778

#78ef7c

Shades

Color #78b0ef mixed toward black.

#4391e9

#1972d6

#1356a0

#0d396b

#061d35

Tints

Color #78b0ef mixed toward white.

#8fbdf2

#a5caf4

#bcd7f7

#d2e5fa

#e9f2fc

Tones

Color #78b0ef mixed toward gray.

#82b1e5

#8cb1db

#96b2d1

#a0b2c7

#aab3bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494e2 · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#908cdf · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#7cd7d4 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #78b0ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#78b0ef]

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Frequently asked questions

#78b0ef (#78b0ef) is rgb(120, 176, 239) in RGB.

No, #78b0ef is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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